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Bridgewater Hall Manchester, North-West, M2 3WS, United Kingdom

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BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein	Conductor
Anja Bihlmaier	Conductor
The Hallé
Delyana Lazarova	Conductor

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Performing Rites: how Stravinsky’s Sacre du printemps still shocks

Mark Pullinger, 29th March

Over a century after its premiere, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring still has the power to shock. Vasily Petrenko offers insights, while Tamara Rojo reflects on one of the most powerful choreographies, the version by Pina Bausch.

See Egmont, Op.84: Overture in

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An exciting Sunday at the inaugural mcr:classical festival

Rohan Shotton, 25th June

The inaugural mcr:classical weekend comes to a rowdy finish with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at The Bridgewater Hall.

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Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Egmont, Op.84: Overture
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
Takemitsu, Tōru (1930-1996)	Toward the Sea II, for alto flute, harp and string orchestra
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)	6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56
Dawson, William Levi (1899-1990)	Negro Folk Symphony (The bonds of Africa)
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)	On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918)	D'un matin de printemps
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)	Ballade for orchestra in A minor, Op.33
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)	Dances of Galánta
Adès, Thomas (b. 1971)	Dawn
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)